Queue What Now?

The queue is one of the main ways we will engage our subscribers on what they want . It also plays to our gamification theme of how we want the Monastery to work. You can visit the Queue by hitting the link at the top.

For the purposes of the Queue, ideas are concepts for things our subscribers want worked on – they can be big or small.

Rig -Have an idea for a rig you want – a axe-wielding clown perhaps? Add it and get your fellow users to vote it up.

Tool -Have a idea for a tool you want created but lack the time or knowledge to create it. If it gets voted up and approved the Monastery will either create it outright or support it’s creation if you want to be a part of the creation.

Advanced ideas have a slightly different life cycle.

Open -New ideas start in the initial open state

When they reach the initial review vote threshold (currently 50), we’ll look at the idea and give the idea a vote target based on the complexity of the idea.

A rig using all the modules we currently have for example would be less than one requiring new ones.

A brand new tool will have a higher threshold than a feature for an existing one

In Queue – Once they reach that threshold, we will place the idea to the In Queue state and add a new duplicate idea for it’s active development. The reason for this is to allow for voting in the system to help us prioritize those In Queue idea. For example if we have 5 proxy rigs in queue and one has a lot more votes than the others, we’ll probably tackle that one first.

Done – Once an idea is complete, it goes to the Done state where it will remain.

What if a community member wants to do an item in the Queue?

That’s definitely something we want to support. It’ll take some time to figure out the details but we’d compensate work like that with subscription time or possibly just paid work if the circumstances warranted it.

For example, once we have some TD’s trained with MRS system and we need help with work on the Monastery or possibly even just gigs on the side via CG Monks. Those trained TDs are who we’re going to reach out to first when we need help.

Rules for Ideas

We’re only gonna do ‘Pixar-safe’ content and assets.

Gratuitous/offensive ideas, comments or other engagement will get you a warning, suspension or ban depending on severity. Keep things professional.